{
 "answer": "In the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, hens permitted: False; livestock rule: No owner shall keep any small or large livestock animal on any residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional zoned property.. Source: Animal Control By-law 2025-031-RE, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001825",
 "municipality": "Whitchurch-Stouffville",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.townofws.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 2025-031-RE",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-04-16",
   "document_url": "https://whitchurch.civicweb.net/document/108566",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of animals; prohibits keeping any Small Livestock Animal (incl. chickens, ducks) or Large Livestock Animal on residential, commercial, industrial or institutional land, and bans keeping pigeons on residential/institutional/commercial zoned property.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "0a4bcfe4fc7dcce328c1699f2ab328cd324538dbb01f052119a0007d6f32a3bb",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0a4bcfe4fc7dcce328c1699f2ab328cd324538dbb01f052119a0007d6f32a3bb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "No owner shall keep any small or large livestock animal on any residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional zoned property."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3.20: No Owner shall Keep any Small Livestock Animal on any residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional zoned property",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 3.20 and s. 3.21"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/whitchurch-stouffville/backyard-hens/text-0a4bcfe4fc7d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/whitchurch-stouffville/backyard-hens/"
}